Meet The Color-Crazy Artist That Uses Buildings As Canvases

A pop of color on your front door, or in your garden can provide a lovely first impression. But contemporary public artist Alex Brewer, known as Hense, takes that excitement to a much higher level.

Cities from his native Atlanta to Arizona have commissioned street art from the inventive Brewer, bringing his larger-than-life, happiness-inducing works to canvases that range from freeway underpasses to churches. Not to mention bringing new life and zest to abandoned factories.

While his works are often other-worldly, his tools are decidedly grounded: rollers, spray paints, and house paints. We're smitten with his powerful lines, forms, and sense of scale, and look forward to staying up-to-date with his Instagram account.

And those in the Richmond, Virginia area, check out his solo exhibition at the Reynolds Gallery starting July 10.

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